Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-02-02
A STRIKE AGAINST RENTS.
ASSEMBLY 40 IMPORTS THE IRISH
PLAN OF CAMPAIGN,

And Calls on Gotham workingmen to
Pay No Rent After saturday-K knights
of Labor to Offer a Reward for That
Dynamite observation-disclosures to Boy
colt Armour in Chicago.
NEW YORK, Feb. AT a meeting of dis
trict assembly No 40, Tuesday proposition
was made to direct all the working people Of
New York, Brooklyn, and Jersey City to re-
fuse to pay out any rent after next Satur-
day. The proposition was seriously consid-
cred by the leaders and will probably be
adopted. The Ocean association, after pay
ing off needy strikers issued an appeal for
aid to the public. Reports were received
showing that railroad men on the roads run
ming into the city were willing TO strike to
assist their brethren
The City of Para succeeded in sailing at 3
O'Clock, but the Erin, of the National line,
which ought to have sailed Jan. q, is still at
her dock. Sixty men went out at the Nor
gan line; eighteen left thu Old Dominion,
and twenty more quit work loading the
Rhode Island, of the Stonington line, and
the vessel did not sail Tuesday night. The
Norwich pier. Twenty men struck at the
Fall River pier and notices are displayed at
all piers: Freight accepted only subject to
delay on account of the striken
1t is rumored that two Italians are buried
in a cargo of wheat in the hold Of the
steamer Pennland, now en- route for Ant
werp. According 10 the report six Italians
with six shovels, went down into the hold of
the vessel to trim the grain Six shovels and
only four Italians are said to have come
back The strikers say the missing men are
packed away in the wheat and will need the
services of the coroner when the vessel ar
rives at Antwerp
The Pennsylvania and Jersey Central rail-
ways having refused to accede to the de-
mands Of the freight handlers the men were
not at work Tuesday afternoon. The freight
handlers of the Lehigh Valley railroad, at
pier 2, North river, numbering $50 men,
struck at 2 p m. and joined the ranks Of the
strikers. The gates of the pier were at once
closed. The Pennsylvania people say the
strikers will never be taken back
aThe employees of the steamer Guyandotte,
in clearing away the debris of Mondays ex-
plosion on that vessel found what seemed to
be a tube such as is sometimes used in max
ing Internal machines. 1t was of brass and
had stop-cock in it, which may have been
utilized in allowing acid from one chamber
of the tube to percolate through packing I'M
til it reached illuminate in another chamber,
when an explosion would occur This is the
kind of an internal machine Herr Most re-
commends in his book on explosives. The
man who brought the machine aboard in a
satchel was observed by several of the en-
ployes, who agree closely in their descriptions
of him, and could identify HIM. He first
placed the satchel near the engine, but the
fireman ordered him 10 take.it away, as nc
packages were allowed i'll that part of the
boat Thes steamship company have not yet
decided what reward to offer for the arrest
of the dynamiter
The Knights of Labor have decided to offer
a reward Of $500 for the detection of the per
son or persons who attempted to destroy the
Old Dominion steamer Guyandotte. 1t be
ing Il question of the treasury, it can not
come up for action before Sunday, when the
resolution to offer the reward will be
adopted
Patrick Mcfarland. Of the executive board
of the Ocean association. and John J. Nc,
kenna, another leader # the 'longshoremen's
strike, were arrested Tuesday IN the suit OF
the Old Dominion company for damages.
They gave bail in 5000